Murder
Man shot to death near Ruggles
By adamg - 10/30/12 - 11:35 amBoston Police report a 22-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound at 1050 Tremont St. around 3:40 a.m. on Sunday. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Man shot in the chest twice in Dorchester, dies
By adamg - 10/22/12 - 7:50 amStanley Staco reports somebody was taken away in critical condition after being shot twice in the chest around 1:45 a.m. off Edson Street. Boston Police report the victim, in his 20s, was shot behind 36 Whitman Street and that he died at Boston Medical Center.
Man shot in the head in Codman Square, dies
By adamg - 10/17/12 - 11:29 amUPDATE: Boston Police report the victim, Alfonso Rivas, 23, was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center.
Police are at 14 Lyndhurst St., where officers found a person shot in the head shortly after 11 a.m. The homicide unit has been summoned, just in case.
Another body found floating under the BU Bridge; this could be a homicide
By adamg - 10/9/12 - 8:16 amUPDATE: Authorities ID body as that of missing student.
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports another body was found this morning, near where a middle-aged man's body was found floating yesterday. No ID yet.
Steve Saleeba reports that, per State Police, a BU rowing coach found the body. Mike Riley tweets police shut one lane on the bridge to let a recovery team do its work.
The Globe reports the body found today was bound with chains attached to a cinderblock.
Man stabbed to death in Dorchester
By adamg - 10/6/12 - 4:40 pmMan shot to death in Roxbury
By adamg - 10/5/12 - 11:39 amBoston Police report a man was shot several times around 2 a.m. at 10 Trotter Ct. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Blood just keeps flowing: Three shot, one dead in Fields Corner
By adamg - 10/1/12 - 10:19 pmBrian D'Amico reports three people were shot on Park Street near Geneva Avenue around 10 p.m. and that one of the victims is dead.
Update, Tuesday afternoon: Boston Police report the dead victim was shot repeatedly. The other two victims, one shot in the throat on the front stairs of 230 Park St., the other, shot in the hip and shoulder, are expected to survive.
Bloodshed continues: One dead, one wounded in Geneva Avenue barbershop shooting
By adamg - 9/27/12 - 7:29 pmBrian D'Amico reports two people were shot around 7:15 p.m. inside the Universal Barbershop and Salon at 436 Geneva Ave.. The dead victim was shot in the head; the woman was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm.
UPDATE: Boston Police report the man was in his early 20s; the woman in her late 50s.
Teen shot to death in Dorchester
By adamg - 9/11/12 - 10:49 amBoston Police report a 19-year-old was found shot outside 57 Wheatland Ave. in Dorchester around 6:40 p.m. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died. Police do not believe there is a connection with another teen's murder about two hours later in Mattapan.
Teen shot to death in Mattapan
By adamg - 9/10/12 - 11:29 pmUPDATE: Boston Police report the victim's name was Arthur Stewart.
Brian D'Amico reports a 19-year old was shot around 8:30 on Sanford St. He was taken away in serious enough shape to have the homicide unit called in, just in case.
Man shot to death in Dorchester
By adamg - 8/31/12 - 9:22 amUPDATE: Boston Police identified the victim as Deandre Townsend, 21.
Boston Police report a man shot around 1:06 a.m. on Southern Avenue was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died.
Channel 7 reports the victim was seen running from the scene before collapsing on Ferndale Street.
Man stabbed to death at Roxbury bus stop
By adamg - 8/15/12 - 3:05 pm
UPDATE: Arrest made.
A Dorchester man became Boston's fifth murder victim since Saturday when he was fatally stabbed in an argument at a route-23 bus stop in Roxbury this afternoon.
Friends have identified him as Rashad "Rizzy" Barnes, 25.
Brian D'Amico reports the victim was getting off a bus at Warren and Kearsarge streets around 2:45 p.m. when he was stabbed by another man also getting off the bus. The stop is a short walk from both the B-2 police station and Roxbury District Court.
Ironically, just yesterday, Barnes tweeted:
Four women in car shot in Dorchester, three dead
By adamg - 8/12/12 - 9:47 pmUPDATE: Police report a third woman died Monday.
Brian D'Amico reports at least four people were shot around 9:20 p.m. at 38 Harlem St. in Dorchester. Boston Police report two of the women were pronounced dead at the scene; two others were brought to local hospitals - one with life-threatening injuries.
This was Boston's second mass shooting of the day; earlier, four were shot, one fatally, in Roslindale. And it was the second shooting over the weekend in the area - the day before, a man was shot at 9 Page St., just across Glenway from Harlem Street.
The Harlem Street shootings were just a few doors down from where two sisters were shot to death in November.
Four shot, one dead in Roslindale
By adamg - 8/12/12 - 11:29 amBoston Police report four people were shot around 3 a.m. at 784 Canterbury St.
One man, in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other men, in their late 20s, were found there with gunshot wounds and were taken to local hospitals. A fourth victim, also in his late 20s, got himself to a hospital.
Hate-Filled Hearts, Lie-Filled Mouths: Tea Party Comment on Oak Creek Tragedy
By Anonymous - 8/5/12 - 4:03 pmAt least seven people, including a gunman shot by a police officer, have been killed in an attack on worshippers at a Sikh temple in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on Sunday, police said.
Sikhism is a centuries-old religion, fifth most followed in the world, with sizable populations in India. It stresses self control over vices and, according to Wikipedia, the "courage to defend the rights of all who are wrongfully oppressed or persecuted irrespective of religion, colour, caste or creed."
American Patriot @BarackObamaLies:
Related: "Tea Party Republican Comments on Mosque burned in Joplin Missouri"
Man charged with stabbing relative to death in Mattapan Square pizza place
By adamg - 8/2/12 - 9:18 pmA Mattapan man who allegedly stabbed his nephew inside the Mattapan House of Pizza Tuesday night will be charged with murder now that his relative has died, Boston Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office report.
Derrick Bullock, 40, was arguing with his nephew, Curtis Cox, 43 (Ed. note: Yes, those ages are correct.) around 9:20 p.m. in the Blue Hill Avenue pizza place when he pulled out a knife and stabbed Cox in the neck. Cox was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he later died.
Bullock was ordered held on $50,000 bail on charges of aggravated assault and battery and armed assault with intent to murder, the DA's office reports, adding he will now be arraigned on a charge of murder.
Innocent, etc.
Dorchester man charged with ending year-long beef by running down knife-wielding opponent
By adamg - 7/30/12 - 8:32 amUpdated 3:30 p.m.
A dispute that went back more than a year ended in April at Talbot Avenue and Westcott Street after one combatant flashed a knife and the other got in his car and ran him down, prosecutors charge.
Man found fatally shot along the Greenway early Sunday
By adamg - 7/29/12 - 8:32 pmBoston Police report that officers investigating the sound of gunfire at Broad Street and Surface Road around 2:20 a.m. found a man with a gunshot wound a block away at Atlantic Avenue and High Street. The man was taken to Tufts Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
NorthEndWaterfront.com reports the shooting might have been the result of a fight that broke out between two passengers on a harbor cruise that docked at Rowes Wharf.
Man shot to death in Dorchester
By adamg - 7/26/12 - 12:45 pmBoston Police report finding a man with multiple gunshot wounds shortly before midnight at 67 Dakota St. The man, in his early 20s, was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
UPDATE: Boston Police identified the victim as Ashley Costly, 22.
Three shot, two dead in car in the South End
By adamg - 7/16/12 - 7:40 amBoston Police report officers found three men in a car shot shortly after 2 a.m. at Shawmut Avenue and Herald Street. Two were pronounced dead at the scene, the third was taken to Tufts Medical Center and is expected to survive.
Police say witnesses saw gunfire coming from a gray "SUV style motor vehicle" with Rhode Island plates.
WCVB reports police are looking for both the drive-by shooter and two people in the death car who fled.
Three stabbed, one dead in Dudley Square
By adamg - 7/10/12 - 3:05 pmBoston Police report a fight in front of the Social Security office shortly before 2 p.m. ended with three people stabbed - one of them fatally. Friends tonight are identifying the murder victim as Lance Hartgrove, 15.
The other two victims are expected to survive; neither was older than 21.
An officer on detail for the Sandra Bullock movie - the one for which a trailer was smashed into by a T bus yesterday - helped capture a suspect.
Man stabbed to death in East Boston
By adamg - 6/22/12 - 12:46 pmBoston Police report a 19-year old found at Marion and Bennington streets shortly before midnight was rushed to Mass. General, where he was pronounced dead.
Woman stabbed to death in South Boston
By adamg - 6/15/12 - 9:47 pmUpdated Saturday morning.
A woman found with a stab wound at 242 E. 9 St., around 8:30 p.m. died after being taken to Boston Medical Center, Boston Police report.
Sara Kelly, 20, was arrested and charged with her murder, police say, adding the two "were known to each other."
The Herald reports another woman was taken into custody and that the victim leaves five children. Friends of her children identified her as Shannon McCormick.
McCormick is South Boston's fourth murder victim this year. On May 27, two people were stabbed to death and their Linsky Barry Court apartment set on fire. On April 16, a woman was stabbed to death on E. 7 St.
Two found dead at South Boston fire
By adamg - 5/27/12 - 12:29 pmUPDATE: Channel 5 reports the two were found with stab wounds.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters battling a one-alarm fire at the D Street housing project early this morning found the bodies of a man and a woman.
Man shot to death in Dorchester
By adamg - 5/25/12 - 3:09 pmThe Globe reports a man in his 20s was shot to death on Leyland Street Thursday night.


